I grew up in Gibsons where Needful Things was filmed. During filming I was working in a restaurant called Omega. It was on the main street that the movie was filmed on. For two weeks, the final climax scenes were being filmed. I was the delivery driver. In between shoots, I would have to drive through the carnage and chaos to get my orders and then get out before action was called again. The whole community came out to watch the store get blown up. The interior church scenes were filmed inside an old anglican church next door to my family home. The opening scene where the black car is driving towards town, was filmed on the street I grew up on. One of the coolest memories is when Fraser Heston’s dad, Charlton rented the Omega for a couple of hours so that Charlton, Fraser, and their wives could have a quiet lunch together. Charlton got up to use the washroom at one point. The staff that was working asked him for autographs as he went by. I thought I would be chill and said “why don’t you just let him go to the washroom”. He gave me a look I will never forget. I was so embarrassed I had to go hide in the walk in cooler. None the less, I had one of my biggest Hollywood idols look straight at me. It was certainly a very cool time seeing it come together and spending time with many of the cast and crew when they came in for lunch or dinner. Everyone was so kind and loved to chat. I often bore my kids and wife with stories when I reminisce. Very happy I came across this video today and I enjoyed reading everyones comments.
The best part of this film is the unbelievable score from Patrick Doyle. I still listen to it this day. It is urgent, operatic, and terrifying at the same time. He would go on to do great work with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein one year later. Another great score.
Thats because Christine, Misery and Cujo were so damn good. After that the bar was just so high for any film with the name Stephen King attached to it.
Little story . . . My senior year of high school, I was in a college-level English/Lit class. My instructor had us prepare 2 research papers that year, both of them focusing on a novel that had been made into a film, or a novelization of a movie. One paper was a dissertation comparing the written work with it's film counterpart; the other paper was a critical literary analysis of the book, centered around just 3 of the author's literary methods. It was the fall of 1993, and Needful Things was in theaters, so I chose that one (our teacher made sure no more than 2 books per author were represented among the students). I'd never read anything so freaking dense in terms of character involvement in all my life, and it was a consuming page-turner. You always wanted to know what was going to happen next. The narrator in this video is right--there are a TON of characters in the story, probably twice as many in the book as there are in the theatrical release. One notable character was Ace Merrill (Kiefer Sutherland's character in Stand By Me), whose omission from the movie forced the ending to be completely different. This was such a fun, but whacked-out, movie to watch. Von Sydow chews up the scenery every time he's on screen. J.T. Walsh is a revelation and one of the film's most likeably hateable characters. Ed Harris . . . is Ed Harris, which is always great (except for when Michael Bay underused his talents in The Rock). All the ancillary characters are wonderfully colorful, and in that regard, this movie reminds a bit of Silver Bullet, a werewolf movie based on another Stephen King story, and one that's highly entertaining to watch.
Always a big fan of Needful Things. Besides the great cast, Castle Rock was played by our small town. Probably half of the town and most of that year's grads got on as extras. We were forever being held up by filming on the one main road we had but very few minded. The best was the night they blew the “Needful Things” house up. Spectators were moved from one place to another until they decided the exact angles for all the cameras. It was several shots but only one big explosion. After waiting for hours it finally happened and we all cheered until one wit called out, “Do it again”! Now I am waiting for my grandchildren to be old enough to watch. Thank you, Stephen King.
My father passed away Friday the 13th….. and he wouldn’t of had it any other way. My mother and fathers antique cards would read. (and still do), “Needful Things, indeed.” it was their favorite movie.😊
"I killed my wife... is that wrong" was such a great scene, I loved it. Might not be the best movie ever, but far from the worst - though there are a lot of story threads to keep track of.
I think this is the book that gave me some gnarly nightmares. Namely because the dog is killed in the most horrible way possible. From what I recall the dog was real friendly and gets on their back because they think their tummy is going to be scratched. Instead the guy sinks a screwdriver into the dogs stomach. Good book but f*** that part.
I saw the movie (in the theater on opening weekend) before I read the book. I've always liked it, and at the time I didn't notice its flaws. Because of the heft and nature of the novel, it would work better as a series nowadays. Still, taken on its own, it's still fun, with JT Walsh and Von Sydow turning in gold star level performances.
I actually read this book after watching the movie. You are right. Its far easier to keep up with all the story lines in the book. And like in most cases the book goes into so much more detail with the characters and the story.
I remember watching this years ago. Not sure if I saw the whole thing, but I liked the take on the Devil. And it kind of helped define my view that everyone needs or wants something, but it isn't always money.
I always remember the line from the Stones song, "Allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste". I think it presents the Devil as a sower of chaos, but one we make deals with by our own desires.
this is one of the most rare Stephen King films available on Blu Ray only in foreign countries as far as I can tell. Got 11 King adaptions to collect. 2 more Steelbooks Christine & Cujo being my main targets but with Cujo it only had 1000 Steelbook releases so to find it at a decent price is tough. I did JUST miss the opportunity to get it for only $79 on Ebay sadly
Love Needful Things. I hope we can get a region one release of the extended cut at some point. The German bluray is expensive. A lot of the performancess are really good but Walsh is simply amazing in this film. Can't wait for more King adaptations to be covered on here. Thanks for the always excellent content, Joblo.
The entire first 2/3 of the novel was all setting up multiple complex, interweaving tracks of dominos,and it WAS a bit slow at times. But once those dominos were ready and all that "cause" gave way to "effect".... totally worth it.
Dolores Claiborne is a **vastly** underrated Stephen King film. Mostly because it’s not “traditional horror”, but rather a “family drama with horror undertones”. Definitely recommended!!
I watched this one during a halloween movie marathon last year, and it was really good! The hand crippling scene made me SO uncomfortable. I could actually feel for the character's pain.
I love it. It has that Twilight Zone/Amazing Stories vibes where you introduce this supernatural element to a relatable setting and see how it influences people in these eerie way. Absolutely love films like this.
One of the best parts is Alan exploring the store in the dark, you can hear whisperings and there's even a pitchfork leaning on the wall in the basement. There's no doubt Gaunt is the DeviL.
My main memory of this was it felt very TV movie-like, and the ending, as per usual with King, just felt a bit flat. Not a bad film but it’s lacking something
I always thought this was great. Gaunt was the main attract and keep you wired in. It make you almost desperate to know more about him, where he's been, the different time periods he operated in.
Needful Things really needs a full miniseries run to do justice to the source (a hefty tome), flesh out the characters and the myriad story arcs. I hope we get an HBO limited series someday soon.
A year later, "The Stand" miniseries would air on ABC, and feature cameos from both Ed Harris and Kathy Bates. Like "The Stand", "Needful Things" should have been a miniseries because of all the story lines going on. I didn't know that a four hour TNT version existed, but I wish I had seen it!!!
I think it managed to fit everything in and tell the story concisely with its running time. However I would like to see the four hour cut out of curiosity.
I loved Max's version in this, about the only thing I did like. That ending where he casually reveals they could only foil his plans, but never truly defeat him, and yet he's so accepting that he lost. You just don't get bad guys like that often.
I enjoy this movie. It's not nearly as bad as it's reputation would have you believe, although it does have flaws. It feels like a TV miniseries rather than a theatrical movie, so it doesn't surprise me a longer cut would improve it.
Max was such a great choice. His Swedish accent being just noticeable enough and sinister and yet hard to place. Excellent for the Devil. And it also gives him that authority. Also, his exorcist role is not far from the viewer's mind at times.
Loved the book and enjoyed the movie. When I first read it I got a very Ray Bradbury vibe from it, another of my favorite authors. It reminded me of Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" novella. I don't think Mr. King would be angry at the comparison. Bradbury's writing inspired a lot of later authors.
I love the SK miniseries's. I enjoy his tropes, a schlocky good time. He's got some anticlimactic endings (children of the corn). But i've enjoyed all his adaptations intentionally or otherwise. The only ones to upset me were Cell & The Mangler. I dont like having my time wasted after putting in the effort to really understand.
Fun part for Canadian fans was seeing Molly's Reach from The Beachcombers in a Stephen King horror movie . The movie was good , never knew about the TNT extended version .
What i liked about this book (even without the supernatural elements) is that it feels too human, just pulling at the strings of everyone's gripes and envy of others, and letting them all go nuts after these pranks set events in motion.
This is a pretty cool film, but it highlights the problem with King adaptations, he has these amazing ideas that a novel gives him the space to explore (and he is a master at doing that) but there is so much happening in the minds of his characters, that it becomes really hard to translate it properly to the screen
I have to say, I’m glad you did this one, I’ve been meaning to give it another view lately. I saw another good one recently, ‘Storm of the Century’. Where this was King directing, that was King writing something exclusively for TV. It was way better than I remember it (like Needful Things), recommended.
It always made for a great mid-day showing for 4 hours (due to commercials) on TNT back in the mid 90s. Though as usual, sucked with removal/replacement/cropped content. If only the studio were smart enough to Re edit the full extra version WITH content. (though, unfortunately the longer version had some oddly mixed edit sequences that should've just run through without a cut in between). The movie does have more of a dramatic subtle flow, but there's nothing wrong with that. Not all of his stories have to be action packed or gruesome... Personally, I wish all the Flashback and Fantasy sequences were NOT edited with that damn stutter effect. As for other crossovers with this and Needful Things? Ed Harris's wife Amy Madigan, plays the wife of Thad in The Dark Half. Yet, who was the sheriff's wife in Dark Half if he's single in Needful Things? (Needful Things was meant to be the Last story in the fictitious Castle Rock, Maine).
Needful things was the first Stephen king book I read after seeing the movie as a kid and thinking it was kinda cool. But after reading the book I just get annoyed at how much better this movie could’ve been. Really should’ve brought back ace from stand by me like the book did. There’s just so much going on to try to fit it into a 100 minute movie. This could be great if made into a 10 episode mini series lol r something.
Great video. I watched the extended version for the first time. Such a shame so much was cut out of it. The three hour version was sooo great! Tell me, where does the music from your videos come from? It sounds like a little John Carpenter-like.
Scream Queen 👑 Lately just 4 fun, Ever since I watched The Annie Wilkes episodes of Castle Rock (I already talked about this in a vid about Misery,)I've been going thru all The Stephen King 👑 Classics (I am his number #1 fan after all) and talking about the classics and I have to say Other than Leland Gaunt I don't like this movie 🎥 Now hear me out I have my reasons..... They had All these interesting characters there but the movie was edited So poorly ya didn't know who they were half the time or with some, Why they were even there, Now I get it; They had alotta characters, but they cut whole storylines for some, and That's what made them So interesting.... Like (now I don't remember their names bear 🧸 with me cause I do know their characters) The woman who killed her husband you get brief glimpses of what happened but unless you read the book you don't know why, You have the jock wearing the Letterman's jacket who says he had the best day of his life, But unless you read the book 📖 you don't know why (also just read the damn book, Im not giving spoilers cause I want you to read it. The kid with The Mickey Mantle baseball ⚾ card who shoots himself, his mother is the lady in the fur coat wearing The Elvis Sunglasses 🕶️ because she wanted Elvis to be her man, but that's Not in the movie..... See what I mean? The movie isn't underated because they didn't show anything..... They had All these interesting Storylines, but they never told them, Now why would they do this, because they wanted 2 get the movie 🎥 out early 2 make 💰 money 💰 But why do THAT if you're just gonna take Everything out? And don't give me that (Well why did you even watch the movie 🎥 cause people have told me that before) But if I don't like something because of Bad writing that does Not work 😊(Cool that means I'm right and all you annoying Utubers R wrong 😂) Especially when I loved the book 📖 so much, and when the books📚 better Ya don't need to make the movie 🎥 anyway Cause THAT'S the version you want in the 1st damn place!
It was critically panned? I Loved this movie! It Best portrays the notion of the devil giving people a choice and them choosing to do bad things, motivated by greed or lust. The devil doesn't make people do bad. They do that on their own, the devil just shows them the way. Its theru bad faith that people go down the path the devil has shown them. I like to think that Leeland Gaunt and the Stranger in the movie Let Us Prey have a thing going.
The reason they had that "repetitiveness" with the little bell that hung down over the top of that door like that, for it to (annoyingly) ring everytime someone walked into and out of Leland's shop, is because that bell had a very important symbolism to it. The FIRST ring (them walking into the shop), is like a fly getting stuck and ringing the dinner bell of a spider's web, alerting the host (host of hell, that is) that he has a soul in his shop to swindle. But the SECOND bell (them walking OUT of the shop), is like the sealing up of the beginning of a spell. Once they take an object from Leland, and walk out of that door (ringing that bell), there's absolutely NO turning back. For they've just made an agreement, a deal, an arrangement,, with the WRONG MUTHA FKKKA! 😂 The sound of that bell itself, is the equivalent to the bloody thumb print that one must leave (as a signature), on the bottom of the back page of some big nasty ancient book, when they sell their soul! 🤣
This movie is proof of two things... One is most critics back in the day didnt really pay attention to the horror genre films, just oscar worthy and horror wasnt that in their eyes. And second, if you grew up reading all the Derry Maine stories, its the best story to film with everyone who survived in older stories in one big story.
great video as always. one of my fave king books, maybe top 10 but i reallydislike this film, the pacing and performances do nothing for me. but...each to their own.
I've seen alot of stephen king adaptation's but i didn't see this one but it look's and sound's interesting. I like some of the movie's based on his work but there is a few that aren't that great.
Richard Bachman is my favourite version of King. The Running Man. But this book I liked and the movie was okay too. Nice to see to Bonnie. Stephen King's output is like 2% thriller and the rest filler.
I just finished reading the book and while I was reading it I kept on thinking about how it would be a great tv show. The film doesn't do the amount of details it has justice. I tried watching the first ten minutes and noticed just how much was taken out of it right off the bat.
If I had been told to throw apples into someone's windows, I probably would have brought them to the person's doorstep- as a gift, then made a game out of it by tossing them one by one to the recipient through the open window. ha ha ha!
When the Devil comes to your town Mischief and Mayhem will ensue. I like the part when he was like Jesus, the little Carpenter boy from Nazareth, he died badly.
I watched it again tonight. All I could think of was that it was a pretty good prediction of the antics of Donald "They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats!" Trump.
Dont neglect the (mostly) amazing King miniseries of the 90s-- IT, The Stand, The Shining, Tommyknockers, the Langoliers (meh), and Storm of the Century. You really need to do a deep dive on the Stand (94), one of the best TV miniseries ever IMO.
I always liked the movie the one thing that always threw me off was the whole "see your grandson in 2053 we'll make headlines." Does that ever payoff in a sequel or another SK story? If not thats a hell of a setup for a sequel ala Twin Peaks
I grew up in Gibsons where Needful Things was filmed. During filming I was working in a restaurant called Omega. It was on the main street that the movie was filmed on. For two weeks, the final climax scenes were being filmed. I was the delivery driver. In between shoots, I would have to drive through the carnage and chaos to get my orders and then get out before action was called again. The whole community came out to watch the store get blown up. The interior church scenes were filmed inside an old anglican church next door to my family home. The opening scene where the black car is driving towards town, was filmed on the street I grew up on. One of the coolest memories is when Fraser Heston’s dad, Charlton rented the Omega for a couple of hours so that Charlton, Fraser, and their wives could have a quiet lunch together. Charlton got up to use the washroom at one point. The staff that was working asked him for autographs as he went by. I thought I would be chill and said “why don’t you just let him go to the washroom”. He gave me a look I will never forget. I was so embarrassed I had to go hide in the walk in cooler. None the less, I had one of my biggest Hollywood idols look straight at me.
It was certainly a very cool time seeing it come together and spending time with many of the cast and crew when they came in for lunch or dinner. Everyone was so kind and loved to chat. I often bore my kids and wife with stories when I reminisce. Very happy I came across this video today and I enjoyed reading everyones comments.
The best part of this film is the unbelievable score from Patrick Doyle. I still listen to it this day. It is urgent, operatic, and terrifying at the same time. He would go on to do great work with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein one year later. Another great score.
Couldn't agree more!
Yes! The scene where Amanda Plummer's character is plastering Buster's home with fake citations was amazingly well done, and so fun to watch.
Also Henry V soundtrack. ❤️ th-cam.com/video/aRhn1fIjBOQ/w-d-xo.html
Mickey Mantle sucks.
Needful Things, The Dark Half and Dolores Claiborne are so underrated.
Totally
Thats because Christine, Misery and Cujo were so damn good. After that the bar was just so high for any film with the name Stephen King attached to it.
I agreed
The Dark Half and Dolores Claiborne for sure. Not so much Needful Things. The book is so much better.
Dolores Claiborne definitely is
Little story . . .
My senior year of high school, I was in a college-level English/Lit class. My instructor had us prepare 2 research papers that year, both of them focusing on a novel that had been made into a film, or a novelization of a movie. One paper was a dissertation comparing the written work with it's film counterpart; the other paper was a critical literary analysis of the book, centered around just 3 of the author's literary methods. It was the fall of 1993, and Needful Things was in theaters, so I chose that one (our teacher made sure no more than 2 books per author were represented among the students).
I'd never read anything so freaking dense in terms of character involvement in all my life, and it was a consuming page-turner. You always wanted to know what was going to happen next. The narrator in this video is right--there are a TON of characters in the story, probably twice as many in the book as there are in the theatrical release. One notable character was Ace Merrill (Kiefer Sutherland's character in Stand By Me), whose omission from the movie forced the ending to be completely different.
This was such a fun, but whacked-out, movie to watch. Von Sydow chews up the scenery every time he's on screen. J.T. Walsh is a revelation and one of the film's most likeably hateable characters. Ed Harris . . . is Ed Harris, which is always great (except for when Michael Bay underused his talents in The Rock). All the ancillary characters are wonderfully colorful, and in that regard, this movie reminds a bit of Silver Bullet, a werewolf movie based on another Stephen King story, and one that's highly entertaining to watch.
Ed Harris is always a class act.
Always a big fan of Needful Things. Besides the great cast, Castle Rock was played by our small town. Probably half of the town and most of that year's grads got on as extras. We were forever being held up by filming on the one main road we had but very few minded. The best was the night they blew the “Needful Things” house up. Spectators were moved from one place to another until they decided the exact angles for all the cameras. It was several shots but only one big explosion. After waiting for hours it finally happened and we all cheered until one wit called out, “Do it again”! Now I am waiting for my grandchildren to be old enough to watch. Thank you, Stephen King.
I have a feeling Mike Flanagan could make a great show out of the source material.
Yeah...like him tracking the weird shit leadn to his calling back the Loser's Club
My father passed away Friday the 13th….. and he wouldn’t of had it any other way. My mother and fathers antique cards would read.
(and still do), “Needful Things, indeed.” it was their favorite movie.😊
I Love Needful Things Another great and Underrated Stephen King Movie from the 90s 🥰👍
Happy to see this movie getting the attention and love it deserves ❤❤❤
"I killed my wife... is that wrong" was such a great scene, I loved it. Might not be the best movie ever, but far from the worst - though there are a lot of story threads to keep track of.
I think this is the book that gave me some gnarly nightmares. Namely because the dog is killed in the most horrible way possible. From what I recall the dog was real friendly and gets on their back because they think their tummy is going to be scratched. Instead the guy sinks a screwdriver into the dogs stomach. Good book but f*** that part.
I saw the movie (in the theater on opening weekend) before I read the book. I've always liked it, and at the time I didn't notice its flaws. Because of the heft and nature of the novel, it would work better as a series nowadays. Still, taken on its own, it's still fun, with JT Walsh and Von Sydow turning in gold star level performances.
I actually read this book after watching the movie. You are right. Its far easier to keep up with all the story lines in the book. And like in most cases the book goes into so much more detail with the characters and the story.
I remember watching this years ago. Not sure if I saw the whole thing, but I liked the take on the Devil. And it kind of helped define my view that everyone needs or wants something, but it isn't always money.
And how someone can be so obsessed with attaining something that they would do whatever it takes to get it. Even if it meant harming others.
I always remember the line from the Stones song, "Allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste". I think it presents the Devil as a sower of chaos, but one we make deals with by our own desires.
this is one of the most rare Stephen King films available on Blu Ray only in foreign countries as far as I can tell. Got 11 King adaptions to collect. 2 more Steelbooks Christine & Cujo being my main targets but with Cujo it only had 1000 Steelbook releases so to find it at a decent price is tough. I did JUST miss the opportunity to get it for only $79 on Ebay sadly
Love Needful Things. I hope we can get a region one release of the extended cut at some point. The German bluray is expensive. A lot of the performancess are really good but Walsh is simply amazing in this film. Can't wait for more King adaptations to be covered on here. Thanks for the always excellent content, Joblo.
To bad there’s no version with cut scenes making it a three hour movie including chase in the beginning
We really need a proper extended cut. The German one is still in a 4x3 tv aspect ratio and censored.
Kino lorber is releasing a blu-ray of the TV cut in 2023.
One of my favorites, and the editing of this episode *chefs kiss*
Thanks. That means alot!
The entire first 2/3 of the novel was all setting up multiple complex, interweaving tracks of dominos,and it WAS a bit slow at times. But once those dominos were ready and all that "cause" gave way to "effect".... totally worth it.
Dolores Claiborne is a **vastly** underrated Stephen King film. Mostly because it’s not “traditional horror”, but rather a “family drama with horror undertones”. Definitely recommended!!
I love how it all snowballs into chaos I need to see the longer edit now
Misery and green mile are my favorite adaptations by king.
Green mile just got a 4k release!
I watched this one during a halloween movie marathon last year, and it was really good! The hand crippling scene made me SO uncomfortable. I could actually feel for the character's pain.
I love it. It has that Twilight Zone/Amazing Stories vibes where you introduce this supernatural element to a relatable setting and see how it influences people in these eerie way. Absolutely love films like this.
Yeah the town really had a Twilight Zone feel about it.
Out of all of the mini-series of King adaptations in the 90s... this one was a standalone theatrical release. Yeah... totally makes sense.
One of the best parts is Alan exploring the store in the dark, you can hear whisperings and there's even a pitchfork leaning on the wall in the basement. There's no doubt Gaunt is the DeviL.
Ace and Keaton being coked up running around town blowing shit up is one of my favorite parts of the book
Don't call me Buster.
My main memory of this was it felt very TV movie-like, and the ending, as per usual with King, just felt a bit flat. Not a bad film but it’s lacking something
I always thought this was great. Gaunt was the main attract and keep you wired in. It make you almost desperate to know more about him, where he's been, the different time periods he operated in.
Von Sydow gave a great performance as Leland Gaunt.
Needful Things really needs a full miniseries run to do justice to the source (a hefty tome), flesh out the characters and the myriad story arcs. I hope we get an HBO limited series someday soon.
A year later, "The Stand" miniseries would air on ABC, and feature cameos from both Ed Harris and Kathy Bates. Like "The Stand", "Needful Things" should have been a miniseries because of all the story lines going on. I didn't know that a four hour TNT version existed, but I wish I had seen it!!!
I think it managed to fit everything in and tell the story concisely with its running time. However I would like to see the four hour cut out of curiosity.
It's a 3 hour one and it really doesn't add much to the story just a little more with max but still a great movie. It's on TH-cam now
Excellent addition to the horror revisited, the extended cut is a good time.
I like needful things it's an excellent 90's horror movie. 😀👍
I loved Max's version in this, about the only thing I did like. That ending where he casually reveals they could only foil his plans, but never truly defeat him, and yet he's so accepting that he lost. You just don't get bad guys like that often.
There was a secondhand store in the town I grew up in called Needful Things. And then this movie came out.
It was quickly changed to Useful Things.
I don't know if you've read the book, but as Gaunt goes on to the next little town, he always has a new name for the shop as well.
I enjoy this movie. It's not nearly as bad as it's reputation would have you believe, although it does have flaws. It feels like a TV miniseries rather than a theatrical movie, so it doesn't surprise me a longer cut would improve it.
Alan Pangborn can't appreciate a good prank. He's a Stiffly Stifferson.
I loved reading this book back in the 90’s. The movie was a great adaptation. This is a great review, the music is amazing.
Thanks so much!
Max was such a great choice. His Swedish accent being just noticeable enough and sinister and yet hard to place. Excellent for the Devil. And it also gives him that authority. Also, his exorcist role is not far from the viewer's mind at times.
Loved the book and enjoyed the movie. When I first read it I got a very Ray Bradbury vibe from it, another of my favorite authors. It reminded me of Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" novella. I don't think Mr. King would be angry at the comparison. Bradbury's writing inspired a lot of later authors.
I love the SK miniseries's. I enjoy his tropes, a schlocky good time. He's got some anticlimactic endings (children of the corn). But i've enjoyed all his adaptations intentionally or otherwise. The only ones to upset me were Cell & The Mangler. I dont like having my time wasted after putting in the effort to really understand.
This was my second King film growing up (Shawshank was first); i really enjoyed the story and adapt. Kick ass job on the video!
Fun part for Canadian fans was seeing Molly's Reach from The Beachcombers in a Stephen King horror movie . The movie was good , never knew about the TNT extended version .
Stephen the King of Writing. Needful things is a great book.
JT Walsh was underrated as an actor, watch him in Sling Blade, he had like 7 minutes total in the film but stole every second of it
What i liked about this book (even without the supernatural elements) is that it feels too human, just pulling at the strings of everyone's gripes and envy of others, and letting them all go nuts after these pranks set events in motion.
This is a pretty cool film, but it highlights the problem with King adaptations, he has these amazing ideas that a novel gives him the space to explore (and he is a master at doing that) but there is so much happening in the minds of his characters, that it becomes really hard to translate it properly to the screen
Love this movie. One of my favorite depictions of the devil. Plus the devil is from Ohio ! Makes this Buckeye proud !
One of my favorites...and almost no one I know has seen it
This is my favourite Stephen King adaption. Not the best of them by any means, but still my favourite.
Needful Things was my first Stephen King book I read as a teen. I need to catch up with this film, as I haven't watched it in years.
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid, haven't seen it in years
I have to say, I’m glad you did this one, I’ve been meaning to give it another view lately.
I saw another good one recently, ‘Storm of the Century’. Where this was King directing, that was King writing something exclusively for TV. It was way better than I remember it (like Needful Things), recommended.
I own it on DVD. Always loved Storm Of The Century!
I own it as well. You should consider a review of it. A lot of people aren’t aware how good it is.
Love the show, by the way.
W.D. Richter DID NOT write "the Don Siegel remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers." He wrote the Phil Kaufman version.
The TV movie series was kind of lackluster, but I consider Max von Sydow as one of the better cinematic Satans.
Poor Needful Things, WAY ahead of its time. It would be perfect for a limited HBO series now. But good luck beating that cast
Especially Max Von Sydow as Leland Gaunt. Great performance.
It always made for a great mid-day showing for 4 hours (due to commercials) on TNT back in the mid 90s. Though as usual, sucked with removal/replacement/cropped content. If only the studio were smart enough to Re edit the full extra version WITH content. (though, unfortunately the longer version had some oddly mixed edit sequences that should've just run through without a cut in between). The movie does have more of a dramatic subtle flow, but there's nothing wrong with that. Not all of his stories have to be action packed or gruesome... Personally, I wish all the Flashback and Fantasy sequences were NOT edited with that damn stutter effect.
As for other crossovers with this and Needful Things? Ed Harris's wife Amy Madigan, plays the wife of Thad in The Dark Half. Yet, who was the sheriff's wife in Dark Half if he's single in Needful Things? (Needful Things was meant to be the Last story in the fictitious Castle Rock, Maine).
Needful things was the first Stephen king book I read after seeing the movie as a kid and thinking it was kinda cool. But after reading the book I just get annoyed at how much better this movie could’ve been. Really should’ve brought back ace from stand by me like the book did. There’s just so much going on to try to fit it into a 100 minute movie. This could be great if made into a 10 episode mini series lol r something.
Great video. I watched the extended version for the first time. Such a shame so much was cut out of it. The three hour version was sooo great! Tell me, where does the music from your videos come from? It sounds like a little John Carpenter-like.
Scream Queen 👑 Lately just 4 fun, Ever since I watched The Annie Wilkes episodes of Castle Rock (I already talked about this in a vid about Misery,)I've been going thru all The Stephen King 👑 Classics (I am his number #1 fan after all) and talking about the classics and I have to say Other than Leland Gaunt I don't like this movie 🎥 Now hear me out I have my reasons..... They had All these interesting characters there but the movie was edited So poorly ya didn't know who they were half the time or with some, Why they were even there, Now I get it; They had alotta characters, but they cut whole storylines for some, and That's what made them So interesting.... Like (now I don't remember their names bear 🧸 with me cause I do know their characters) The woman who killed her husband you get brief glimpses of what happened but unless you read the book you don't know why, You have the jock wearing the Letterman's jacket who says he had the best day of his life, But unless you read the book 📖 you don't know why (also just read the damn book, Im not giving spoilers cause I want you to read it. The kid with The Mickey Mantle baseball ⚾ card who shoots himself, his mother is the lady in the fur coat wearing The Elvis Sunglasses 🕶️ because she wanted Elvis to be her man, but that's Not in the movie..... See what I mean? The movie isn't underated because they didn't show anything..... They had All these interesting Storylines, but they never told them, Now why would they do this, because they wanted 2 get the movie 🎥 out early 2 make 💰 money 💰 But why do THAT if you're just gonna take Everything out? And don't give me that (Well why did you even watch the movie 🎥 cause people have told me that before) But if I don't like something because of Bad writing that does Not work 😊(Cool that means I'm right and all you annoying Utubers R wrong 😂) Especially when I loved the book 📖 so much, and when the books📚 better Ya don't need to make the movie 🎥 anyway Cause THAT'S the version you want in the 1st damn place!
"Who the fuck are you?". 😂😂😂😂😂
It was critically panned? I Loved this movie! It Best portrays the notion of the devil giving people a choice and them choosing to do bad things, motivated by greed or lust.
The devil doesn't make people do bad. They do that on their own, the devil just shows them the way. Its theru bad faith that people go down the path the devil has shown them. I like to think that Leeland Gaunt and the Stranger in the movie Let Us Prey have a thing going.
I never knew what this movie was about but it sound pretty good!
I always thought this one was underappreciated. =)
I remember the trailer, with the mountain king music. Sooo good
The reason they had that "repetitiveness" with the little bell that hung down over the top of that door like that, for it to (annoyingly) ring everytime someone walked into and out of Leland's shop, is because that bell had a very important symbolism to it. The FIRST ring (them walking into the shop), is like a fly getting stuck and ringing the dinner bell of a spider's web, alerting the host (host of hell, that is) that he has a soul in his shop to swindle.
But the SECOND bell (them walking OUT of the shop), is like the sealing up of the beginning of a spell. Once they take an object from Leland, and walk out of that door (ringing that bell), there's absolutely NO turning back. For they've just made an agreement, a deal, an arrangement,, with the WRONG MUTHA FKKKA! 😂
The sound of that bell itself, is the equivalent to the bloody thumb print that one must leave (as a signature), on the bottom of the back page of some big nasty ancient book, when they sell their soul! 🤣
This movie is proof of two things... One is most critics back in the day didnt really pay attention to the horror genre films, just oscar worthy and horror wasnt that in their eyes. And second, if you grew up reading all the Derry Maine stories, its the best story to film with everyone who survived in older stories in one big story.
The book is criminally underrated
Stephen King is the king! You can’t go wrong with any one of his films for movie night😱
I absolutely loved this film and watched it many times. Also one of my favorite King Novels.
great video as always. one of my fave king books, maybe top 10 but i reallydislike this film, the pacing and performances do nothing for me. but...each to their own.
I've seen alot of stephen king adaptation's but i didn't see this one but it look's and sound's interesting. I like some of the movie's based on his work but there is a few that aren't that great.
I'm pretty sure that in the book of Needful Things the character of Hugh Priest is the older Ace Merrill from The Body/Stand By Me.
I would love a reboot, maybe a mini series, of The Langoliers
Richard Bachman is my favourite version of King. The Running Man. But this book I liked and the movie was okay too. Nice to see to Bonnie. Stephen King's output is like 2% thriller and the rest filler.
Bonnie was very beautiful in this
I like this movie
My favorite King novel
I just finished reading the book and while I was reading it I kept on thinking about how it would be a great tv show. The film doesn't do the amount of details it has justice. I tried watching the first ten minutes and noticed just how much was taken out of it right off the bat.
Love this movie felt it had slow build then just went all out by the end
The biggest lost subplot, is Allan Pangborn (not sure about the spelling) being a self taught magician.
Don't kick the Rock - Ola, Hugh!
9:54 Contrary to what this movie and Point Break would have us believe, police actually do have to give reports on every shot fired.
God,this channel is good. Really fuckin good!
Thanks for the support!
Heyyyy major briggs! Don’t lose your head
If I had been told to throw apples into someone's windows, I probably would have brought them to the person's doorstep- as a gift, then made a game out of it by tossing them one by one to the recipient through the open window. ha ha ha!
When the Devil comes to your town Mischief and Mayhem will ensue. I like the part when he was like Jesus, the little Carpenter boy from Nazareth, he died badly.
Stand
Needful Things
Delores Claiborne
Storm of the Century
😃Total favorites😃
Carrie, Misery, Christine????????????
Justice for Nettie! 🍏 🥧 🐶
Netflix needs to pick this up
I think they should leave it. To many Stephen King movies have been remade.
I always wanted an adaptation The Regulators.
I watched it again tonight. All I could think of was that it was a pretty good prediction of the antics of Donald "They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats!" Trump.
Kino lorber finally released the turner cut of this on blu
MALLABAR!!! THIRTY TO ONE!!!!!!
I didn't understand and couldn't figure out why in buckaroo banzai Jeff goldblum wears...a cowboy outfit.Anyone know?
A 4 hour edit? I had no idea.
Love this movie!
Dont neglect the (mostly) amazing King miniseries of the 90s-- IT, The Stand, The Shining, Tommyknockers, the Langoliers (meh), and Storm of the Century. You really need to do a deep dive on the Stand (94), one of the best TV miniseries ever IMO.
Stand was ahead of its time. We will cover it, for sure
I would love to see another adaptation of this novel.
It will be hard to top Max von Sydow.
I always liked the movie the one thing that always threw me off was the whole "see your grandson in 2053 we'll make headlines." Does that ever payoff in a sequel or another SK story? If not thats a hell of a setup for a sequel ala Twin Peaks
I love The Night Flier and Thinner